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The 1920 census revealed that
A.  the frontier had closed.
B.  the American population was beginning to age.
C.  a majority of Americans now lived in "urban" areas.
D.  the rate of immigration was declining.
E.  women now outnumbered men.
Answer: C
The most important source of urban population growth in the late nineteenth
century was supplied by
A.  southern blacks.
B.  European immigrants.
C.  a rise in the domestic birth rate.
D.  Asian immigrants.
E.  rural whites.
Answer: B
Assimilation of immigrants was encouraged by
A.  native-born Americans.
B.  public schools.
C.  church leaders.
D.  capitalism.
E.  all of the above
Answer: E
The American Protective Association directed its animosities primarily at
A.  Jews.
B.  blacks.
C.  Asians.
D.  Catholics.
E.  Slavs.
Answer: D
The Immigration Restriction League
A.  fought to ban all immigration.
B.  proposed screening immigrants through literacy tests.
C.  wanted to ban Asian, but not European, immigration.
D.  sought to place a tax on arriving immigrants.
E.  none of the above
Answer: B
The first group of immigrants to be excluded from the United States on the
basis of their nationality were the
A.  Chinese.
B.  Japanese.
C.  Filipinos.
D.  Koreans.
E.  East Indians.
Answer: A
Urban political bosses
A.  gave out patronage.
B.  found work for the unemployed.
C.  provided poor relief.
D.  all of the above
E.  none of the above
Answer: D
Which statement about higher education in the late nineteenth century is the
LEAST accurate?
A.  Major philanthropists founded new universities.
B.  It benefited from the Morrill Act.
C.  Unlike primary and secondary education, serious efforts were made to
provide equal access to minorities.
D.  This was a time of rapid expansion.
E.  Land-grant colleges began to admit women.
Answer: C